Author: Garf
Happy New Year 2007
Wishing all our readers and supporters a a happy, successful New Year
Wales
While I am in Wales, I thought I’d drive an extra few km to see my uncle in Brechfa.
Welsh Rally
A trip to photograph the Welsh Rally courtesy of Duncan Woods at Taran Microsystems.
Halloween Candle
Just a few low-light experiments with a Fuji S3 Pro camera.
Another walk across Southampton Common
It’s rather pleasant living opposite Southampton Common. Always lots to see and photograph, especially on a nice warm summer’s day like today. These shots were taken using a tiny Lumix DMC-LX1 digital camera. Pretty good results, I think, all things considered.
A wander through Shirley, Southampton
Today I took a wander through the Southampton suburb of Shirley, mostly to photograph the graffiti in a little alley called Harrison’s Cut. The artwork is actually quite stunning in places, though I don’t suppose the homeowners are terribly happy about it. I used my new Lumix DMC-LX1 point-and-shoot digital camera. Considering its diminutive size,…
Jules Holland on Southampton Common
Jules Holland and UB40 performed on the Common this evening. So I wandered across to take a few snaps.
Fireworks
Fireworks in Southampton Common. Happened to have the Fuji S3 Pro with me…
Pécs Organ Factory
Today, I was fortunate enough to be invited to the Pécs Organ Factory, to take some pictures of the very fine work that goes on there.
WebOnCD
The WebOnCD concept concerns putting standard HTML (hypertext mark-up language) pages on a local removable disc such as a CD ROM or DVD. Simple WebOnCD publications are very easy to create. They require little previous programming experience, and no special software. Any text editor such as Notepad for Windows, KDE KWrite or Kate for GNU/Linux…
The Open Source Revolution
This is a whistle-stop tour of the rapidly changing world of open source software. It is intended to give you an idea of some of the arguments in favour of open source software. Obviously open source has its critics too. However this article does not cover these criticisms. If you are interested in the counter…
Fed up with Norton Antivirus?
Well, join the club! This horrid, resource-hogging monstrosity is the bane of my life. My advice? Dump Norton – if you can manage to uninstall the damned thing! My experience of Norton Antivirus is that it behaves much like the viruses it is supposed to protect you from… Uses lots of processing power. Stops other…
Web-footed web log
Hey there all you happening geese out there in Internetland. Don’t watch this rubbish. Come visit my new blog. It’s really good… http://www.garfnet.org.uk/wordpress You know it makes sense! Trust me, I’m a goose…
What computer should I buy?
Editor’s note: this was written back in 2006, and it is hopelessly out-of-date. Trouble is that today one is spoilt for choice, manufacturers claims are often difficult to understand or substantiate and prices are tumbling so quickly that no sooner than you take your PC home, you see the same model, with more extras, selling…
What is a “Lifestyle Business”?
Garf Technology is something of a ‘lifestyle business‘. This is where one is more concerned with doing things ‘well‘ & enjoying it, rather than trying to make a ‘fast buck‘. Or as a more sceptical observer might put it: somehow I manage to get paid to do my various hobbies! I love it! Sometimes I…
Trip from Mui Wo to Cheung Chau
Today we took a boat trip from from Mui Wo to Cheung Chau, and had a bit of a wander.
A few snaps around Mui Wo
A few snaps around Mui Wo, the massive bike sheds and some of the vessels that dock there.
Lin Po and the Giant Buddha
I eas feeling particularly poorly today. Do I gave my girlfriend my camera and sent her off to take a few snaps of the Giant Buddha nest to Lin Po monastery, high up in he Lantau hills.
Hotel Palatinus, Pécs, Hungary
Wandered into Pécs town again today and took a few snaps. In particular I wanted to grab a few images of Pécs’ very stylish Hotel Palatinus just as the lights come on. Located a few metres from the town centre, and set back a little from the main thoroughfare, Kyraly Utca, it is easy to…
Traubisoda
Traubi or traubisoda is a brand of soft drink flavoured with grape juice. It is produced in Hungary, Austria and Croatia. Before 1995, in Hungary, it was made by a factory called Traubi Hungaria located in the village of Balatonvilágos. The company produces the drink from a special type of Hungarian grapes, called saszla. The…
Walking back to Pécs through the snow
Walking back to Pécs through the snow. Today, even the rougher prts of town have a strange beauty, now they’re covered with snow.
Batthyány Kastélyszálló in the snow
Girlfriend and I stayed overnight at the Batthyány Kastélyszálló, a few kilometres from Pécs. Interesting place – it was lovely outside, but a bit rough inside, with plaster literally peeling off the walls. Still, it was good fun.
Pécs after a snowfall
The Hungarian city of Pécs shortly after a snowfall.
Merry Christmas 2005
“Scanning all done.” 2005 Christmas card, by Zsuzsanna Dora Majlati.